Radiation and Fluoroscopic Equipment Tour of Ionizing Lab 1

What to Expect this Week…. Radiation Equipment and Tour Radiation Equipment X-ray Tube components Main components of Fluoroscopic Equipment Tour of Lab Assignments Discussion Question Due QUIZ 1 2

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Terminology X-ray tube assembly Collimator Radiographic table Bucky tray Wall Bucky tray Tube support Generator Control console Free floating Kilovoltage Millamperes Exposure Mobile radiography Radiolucent Radio-opaque Thermionic emission Focusing cup Terminal-positive, negative Longitudinal Vertical Transverse Alignment Table top Tube angulation Image receptor Cassette Computed radiography Digital radiography Fluoroscopy PACS Post processing Viewing station Current Kinetic energy Potential energy Pyrex glass 4

Radiation Equipment Inside the x-ray roomOutside the x-ray room 5

X-ray Tube Assembly Cathode Terminal, Anode Terminal 6

Collimator Assembly 7

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Xray Table Apparatus 9 Fluoroscopy tube and table

X-ray tube and table movements 10

X-ray table apparatus 11

X-ray Table Apparatus 12

X-ray Table Apparatus 13

Image Receptors 14

Potter-Bucky tray 15

16 Wall Bucky Tray

Control Panel Factors that technologist can control from the control panel are: Kilovoltage of x-ray Milliampere of x-ray Time of exposure 17

Control Panel 18

Ancillary Equipment 19

Portable X-ray 20

X-ray Tube Assembly Cathode TerminalAnode Terminal 21 Positive charge when kilovoltage applied Tungsten target Rotating vs. fixed target Negative charge when millamps applied Tungsten filament Focusing cup Thermionic emission

Miscellaneous equipment Positioning sponges Tape Lead aprons Lead blockers Markers Sand bags linens 22

Describe Tube Travel 8. Describe tube travel 9. Describe how the tube would travel in order to direct x- ray output at #1?? 23

Lab Tour 24

X-ray Tube Assembly 25

X-ray Tube Assembly 26

X-ray Tube Assembly Cathode Negative terminal Tungsten filament Focusing cup Milliamps applied Determines amount of electrons Thermionic emission Anode Positive terminal Tungsten target Rotating or fixed target Target angle Neck of anode Rotor, stators 27

Cathode Terminal 28 Negative terminal Tungsten filament Focusing cup Milliamps applied Determines amount of electrons Thermionic emission

Anode Terminal 29 Positive terminal Tungsten target Rotating or fixed target Target angle Neck of anode Rotor, stators Kilovoltage applied

X-ray Tube Housing 30 Pyrex glass encasement Window for x-rays to exit Lead and steel Oil for cooling